Amadeus

"AMADEUS"
By Peter Shaffer

Translation - Denitsa Dimitrova
Production and direction - Stayko Murdzhev - Askeer 2022 nomination
Set and costume design - Petya Boyukova
Music - Petar Dundakov
Choreography and stage movement - Stanislav Genadiev
Photographer - Ivan Donchev
Poster - Radoslava Boor Daskalova
Poster photographer - Tony Peretz
Ikar 2022 nomination for outstanding technical achievement for the team of the Stoyan Bachvarov Drama Theatre.

Cast:
ANTONIO SALIERI - Stoyan Radev - Varna 2022 Award
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART - Nencho Kostov
CONSTANZA WEBER - Mozart's wife - Hristina Dzhurova - Ikar 2022 Award for Best Supporting Actress
JOSEPH II - Emperor of Austria - Simeon Lyutakov
COUNT JOHANN KILIAN VON STRACK - chamberlain of the imperial court - Plamen Dimitrov
BARON GOTTFRIED VAN SWIETEN - prefect of the Imperial Library - Ivaylo Ivanov
COUNT FRANZ ORSINI-ROSENBERG - director of the Imperial Opera - Veselina Mihalkova
KAPELLMEISTER BONNO - Svilen Stoyanov
“VENTICELLI” (“Little Winds”) - bearers of information, gossip and rumors - Konstantin Sokolov, Nedyalko Stefanov, Robert Vahanyan, Velizar Emanuilov
TERESA SALIERI - Salieri's wife - Gergana Arnaudova
KATERINA CAVALIERI - Salieri's student - Aleksandra Maydawska
BARONESS WALDSTÄTTEN - Daniela Viktorova

"AMADEUS" is an emotional and shattering story about genius and its shadow. About the light of talent and the darkness of envy. A deep and personal confession by SALIERI to the world.
MOZART and SALIERI's paths cross in Vienna, and this encounter changes their lives forever.
Stayko Murdzhev's production tells, with style and captivating force, of art as freedom and as a challenge to God.

In director Stayko Murdzhev's interpretation (Ikar 2020 for direction), the celebrated Italian ANTONIO SALIERI, First Kapellmeister at the court of JOSEPH II, is played by Stoyan Radev, winner of the Ikar Award for Best Actor. The role of the great Austrian composer will be played by Askeer winner for rising star Nencho Kostov.

“Peter Shaffer's ideas are polar opposites, but at the same time they are unified in their polarity, if I may put it that way. He portrays Mozart as—as he himself calls him—a cynical and vulgar child who does foolish things and leads a morally low life, while at the same time creating extraordinary music that is actually his inner light. And the even greater wound in the production is Salieri. We are accustomed to thinking of Salieri as that one-dimensional envious and jealous man, but Peter Shaffer actually offers us, beneath this mask, a person who fights for justice, who stands up for his own truth, who would defend it even before God. The story we tell with the actors is actually a story about fighting with God through Mozart,” the director shares in an interview with Violeta Toncheva.

The production is not recommended for persons under 14.

Selected for three festivals in 2022 - Varna Theatre Festival, Stage at the Crossroads in Plovdiv and the Balkan Theatre Festival in Blagoevgrad!
Varna 2022 Award for Stoyan Radev for the role of Salieri.
Ikar 2022 Award for Hristina Dzhurova for Best Supporting Actress (Constanza Weber, Mozart's wife)!
Ikar 2022 nomination for the team of the Stoyan Bachvarov Drama Theatre for outstanding technical achievement!
Askeer 2022 nomination for director Stayko Murdzhev!